Epidemiology of malaria in Dac Lac province for 7 first months 2004
- Author:
Nguyen Dac Thanh
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Malaria
- MeSH:
Malaria;
epidemiology;
prevention & control
- From:Journal of Malaria and parasite diseases Control
2003;0(6):14-17
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Dac Lac is a mountainous province in the centre of Vietnam with the population of 1,735,501 people, 13 districts, 1 town, 165 communes, 2,207 hamlets. The population and ethics in Dac Lac province increase rapidly due to freedly migrated of the people from the whole country, from 1985 up to now. Those characteristics together with complex geographical condition and the largest area of the country, forests, together with low mountains, so malaria in Dac Lac province has annualy the highest incidence and mordarity of the whole country. The situation of malaria in Dac Lac province decrease and stabilized in July 2004. In order to continuing decrease and stabilize the malaria, in Dac Lac province, it must be continue to strengthen the control of malaria, implement the plan of malaria prevention, consolidate the basic network of health and speciality of malaria
